Shivering cats… Are you having fun throwing rings? [Cityscape]

The area around Yanbian University in China is a bustling area frequented by not only Chinese people but also tourists.
At night, the colorful signs light up and the food stalls become more popular, attracting more people.

Street games were also set up to attract people's attention, befitting a night market.
It's a game where you throw rings at targets to win prizes, such as accessories, snacks, and electronic devices.
Among the plain products, things that looked like dolls began to move.
They were living small animals, such as puppies, cats, and rabbits.

For a moment I thought it was cute, but then I started to think something was wrong.
Is it okay to use living animals for human enjoyment?
A cat struggling to be let out of a very small cage, and a dog sitting still with a look of resignation.
This is animal abuse.

Among the serious tourists, guests who are engaged in the game laugh and throw rings at the cute cat several times.
This exotic scenery, which is now hard to see in Korea, did not feel new or interesting.

In fact, I thought that this was a scene that could be seen in our country in the not-so-distant past. Live hamsters and lobsters were given as prizes in claw machines, small indoor zoos called “experience-oriented” became popular all over the country, and now, due to unmanaged outdoor zoos, animal rights (the concept that non-human animals also have the right to life, comparable to human rights, and the right to avoid pain and abuse, etc.) are being discussed. This is the current reality.